Scientist Visits

 

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Kris Jarnegin, Dr Li and Robert Scarborough	Kris Jarnegin and Robert Scarborough

2008 Participants:

• Melissa Campeau-Greenfield - North Star High School
• Mark James - Science Focus Program
• Kris Jarnagin - Lincoln East High School
• Ted Koehn - Lincoln East High School
• Robert Scarborough - Lincoln Southeast HIgh School

Each summer Lincoln Public School science teachers are given the opportunity to visit with UNL chemistry scientists. These 3-1/2 hour visits are scheduled in June and July and made available as part of the school district's professional development offerings. There are approximately 120 LPS teachers who may opt to participate in this program. Teachers in small groups of 4-10 visit with a scientist on a pre-arranged day in the scientist's lab. For more information about Lincoln Public Schools Scientist Visits contact the Science Curriculum Specialist at lmayo@lps.org. Check out other chemistry learning opportunities for teachers with UNL's MRSEC Program.

Visit Goals for Scientists:

• Interact informally with LPS teachers about advancements in their disciplines
• Help teachers better realize various career possibilities in order to relay this information to their students.

Visit Goals for Teachers:

• Learn about the scientist's professions, research possibilities, new advancements, entry requirements, career possibilities, etc.
• Investigate and use some of the latest technological developments and scientific instruments.

Teachers especially enjoy having the opportunity to do some hands-on experiences. Combinations of discussions, tours, and lab activities are very helpful.

 

2008 Visit Topics:

Physical Chemistry - Dr. Barry Cheung
Self-assemble monolayers: Self-assemble monolayers (SAMs) are created by spontaneous absorption of surfactant molecules as an ordered monomolecular layer on surfaces. Their unique physical properties facilitate the fundamental studies of interfacial chemistry, intermolecular interactions and self-organization phenomena. In this presentation, we will explore the concept of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity and their patterning using SAMs as the model system.

Physical Chemistry - Dr. Li
Beyond computers: what is computational chemistry?

Organic Chemistry - Dr. DiMagno
Medically relevant organofluorine chemistry involving the preparation and characterization of non-radioactive analogues of radiotracers used for PET imaging.